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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-12-01

The blacksmith is always striking
and his employer let's him strike it
out, and don't raise his wages either.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-12-01

Herr Most was convicted in New York
Tuesday. Judgment stayed till motion
for new trial is heard.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-12-01
DEATHS.

In So. Londonderry, Dec. !, Mrs. Rodney
Clough, aged IA years, mo. and 10 days.
In Winhall, Nov 20, infant daughter Of w. A.
and Jane b. Potter, aged months.
In Worcester, Mass, Nov. 49, Geo. L. Cole
man, formerly of Bondville, aged 80 years.
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MARRIED..

In Jamaica, Nov. "a, by Rev. Mr.. Winch, Rev.
Edwin S. Collar of Acworth, N. H. and Hattie
b. Wordwell of Jamaica.
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Ex-lieut.- Gov. Hinkley of Chelsea
died suddenly last Saturday, at the
residence of his sister in Boston.
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This Troy Times says work on the
Bennington battle monument ceased
Wednesday until spring. The struct-
ure, which now stands precisely twen-
tv feet above the foundation, will be
rooted and otherwise protected from
the elements. Twenty or more stone
cutters will be employed through the
winter in trimming stone, and it is
thought sufficient quantity will be
prepared by May to raise the monu
ment to height of 1870 feet.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-12-01

Jake Sharpe has been granted a new
trial by The N. Y. Court of Appeals.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-12-01

The Rutland railroad has been
sold to the Delaware & Hudson Ca
nal Company.
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Prohibition was defeated in Allan.
ia Saturday.
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A "Reminiscences.
A Thanksgiving la the Army.

Written for the SITTER by G. ID. Rawson,l
The morning of November "a, A.
ID, 1864 dawned witha cold, drizzling
rain. The 9th Regiment of Vermont
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pins Farm, Va, having recently re-
turned from New York city with
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over to our tent and played severa
| tunes on his fife, Ezra Kingsbur.
) danced breakdown and Jim Town
delivered stump speech on the cleo
ton. The evenings entertainment
closed with Jud Rawson and Mar
Kingsbury singing the song, cd
: they miss me at Home"
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He-"Getting married seems to be
very dangerous now. No fewer than
seven brides have been accidentally
killed on their wedding day this
year." She ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS nc
true women will shirk her duty, Tom,
through a craven fear of death.
lid bits.
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IN MEMORIUM.

IN MEMORIUM.
John X Hall died at his home In Londonderry
Nov. 20, of Consumption, aged SO years. mo.
and 2s days.
Again from our circle is called a loved one.
Again Gods voice was heard saying "Come,"
Angels echoed back the blessed tidings,
And said sour Fathers will be DONE"
We cannot see Gods wonderous plan,
Why those SO good and kind,
Should parted be from earthly scenes,
And leave poor weeping friends behind.
Far, far beyond life's fleeting hopes.
Ye mourning circle look away,
Behold your loved departed ones,
Gone to the realms of endless day.
Could our eyes view that glorious home,
Where dwell the holy and the blest,
We ne'er could wish our loved ones back,
Nor grieve that they had found the ir rest.
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Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-02
VOL. XVII: NO. so.

and shrewd medicine vendor, worshiued
oy the negroes, who spoke at the anti
meetings, snd Wss carried on the
shoulders CT negro men. The Dart taken
IN the campaign by the ladies was rot sig
nidcant' Prohibition WAS NOT beaten
on lis merits. The I2Y was too
extreme, it being impossible
10 get even medicinal or sacramental
wine without VlolstiHg il. It's admins
tration has been often uuwfsp. Bad il
not been for these things the undenisble
good OF its work would have overcome
even the greet negro msjority sgainst it.
Atlanta will not suff 7 seriou ". The
barroom es it existed, the insoient poIiti-
Cal corrupting and ruling is thing of the
past. a conference win be held to devise
3 plzn upon which the people can unite.
Not the slightest III feeling survives the
contest which was without 2 precedent
IN vigor and aggression. A City council
Is TO be elected December g."
OntL fighting for that the leaders of
the two factions Will probably unite on q
ticket Of the best men in the city snd
seek TO elect it by compact Of the con-
serVative element OF both sides. The
Constitution which, by reason of q d.
vision CT opinion among the proprietors,
took no editorial position In the contest.
VIII urge union Of the best element of
Doth factiOns to control the situation.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-02
A EXPLORATORY INVESTIGATED.
The Governor OF Indiana Makes Some
Startling Revelations.

The Governor OF Indiana Makes Some
| Startling Revelations.
Special to the Gazette.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Nov, 29.-Un-
known to the public Governor Gray has
been making an Investigation into the
management Of the Female Retormatory
institution which is managed exclusively
by ladies'. The results Of the inVestiga-
ton have just been given to the public.
The Governor 8 very careful to avoid
anything ike sensational report, but he
does not conceal the fact that
ne was surprised and shocked at
the developments. He said that he
mad aseertained that there were two
| methods of punishment in The institution.
one by whipping the girls with strap.
! When he visited the place he asked to
see the last girl that had been punished
/ in this way. She had been whipped two
days before he saw her, but even then
there were black sndAblue stripes on
her back, sho wing where the strap struck
her. A more common form of punish.
ment was to put refractory inmates
in cell, through the doors of
which were two holes a foot apart and
three or four feet from the floor. The
girls arms were put through these holes
and handcuffed together on the outside
so that she wsS compelled to remain in
an uncomfortable standing position
Sometimes she was placed with her back
10 the door, her hands beng fastened be-
hind her. One girl testified she had been
kept for three days in this position, being
only allowed to lie down and sleep st
night. "Such punishment said the
Governor, 81 regard So unneces-
ssrilY cruel and useless and I
shall recommend to the board Of commits
sioners that it be entirely dispensed with.
In other institutions whipping has been
abolished. and solitary confinement and
bread and weter diet substituted, and I
snail recommend that this be tried in all
cases where punishment is necessary. -
Inc Governor says the inmates scomplsin
bitterly Of the iRsolence and abuse
OF the attendants and Officers,
and his Investigations have convinced
him that there was entirely too much
freedom OF tongue in dealing with them.
Whipping and Handwriting are common
punishments, and it has been the custom
TO call upon man employed about the
place to assist the supeTintend dent on such
occasions. The Governor severely con-
dennis the system which places the penal
and reformetory departments under the
same management, and SAYS many Young
girls who are sent to the reformatory be-
cause they are disposed to be wa7ward
are compelled to associate with aban-
doned and hardened wretches and neces-
sarily come out worse than they went In
The fact that the institution is governed !
by ladies aud has been rnsrsged by them
entirely and has been managed for four
teen years without suspicion on the part |
of the puolic that abuses existed makes |
the Governor reticent and he refuses to |
go into further details.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-02
WET AND DRY.
Atlanta Retrac;s Her Prohibition De-
ciSIOn OF Two Years Ago, and
Votes Wet this Time.
How the Campaign Yves Carrfsd On-The
Ladies and tho Eegroes-How the
Different Factions argued.
WHAT THE CHAMPIONS SAY.

ATLANTA, GA, Nov. &c -TWo years OF
prohibition in Georgia ended last night
and to-day the people will vote On the
question whether it shall last two years
longer. There is natural curiosity
to know estimates of Captain E. P.
Howell and Mr.. Henry Grady, the
champions OF their respective sides.
Captain Howell was found in the lobby Of
the Kimball house and was asked to give
for publication his estimste OF the vote.
He said: "The majority for anti-prohi-
ton will not be less than 1900 in my
opinion"
Mr.. Grady was asked to give his esti-
mate of the vote. He sent the following
reply: "I do not make predictions OF
majorities in elections until the votes are
cast, but am perfectly satisfied with the
outlook
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-02
SABBATH BREAKING. :
Chicago ministers Re quest Work to be DIS
continued On Sunday.

Chicago ministers Re quest Work to be Dis
continued On Sunday.
CHICAGO, ILL. Nov. 29.-At meeting
Of the pas ors Of the various Protestant
denominations held to-day the subject Of
Sabbath desecration was discussed. Rev.
G E Vaudeville read five small papers
on the subject and moved they De pre-
sented to the Washington conference with
the understanding that the conference ap-
point committee to lay the subject be-
fore Congress. The first paper said that
"out tor Sabbath dissertation there would
be no such class SIS anarchists in
this country" 1t calls for q comuine
among the church people to down
the demon of Sabbath dissertation. The
proposed plan strikes st every form of
labor BoI INDUCED in on the Sabbath
day. Tue ministers propose to petition
Congress to enact laws first TO dispense
with carrying msil and holding posto ffices
open on Sunday. The psper is addressed
to the House Of Representatives in Con-
gress, and s2ys: "Tbe telegraph is now
used to transmit al important news, and
therefore there is no absolute necessity
for running the mails on the Sabbath.
The constant running Of mails on thst day
next paper is addressed to the directors
of railroads in the United States, and
says: "The increased rate of speed CT
travel and transportation as compared
with that used in the DAYS of our fathers
has so multiplied the facilities Of Dispatch
ing business there is no necessity for Tar-
ming trains more than six days in the
week" The last psper is addressed to
proprietors OF the public press in the
United States, and says: "The
Sabbath is dividing line be-
tween Christianity and heathenism.
1t is the bulwark that shields our sChris-
tian civilization against snsreby, and
every influence that tends TO weaken the
power of Sabbath over the public con-
science endangers the stability Of our re-
puolicsn Institutions" Il says that the
business of publishing and selling news
papers on the Sabbath is sn open VOLS
tion of our state laws. we, therefore,
respectfully request you 10 discontinue
the publication OF newspapers on SUNDAY.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-02
A COMPLETE FIASCO.
The SWitchmen's Strike in Houston
and Galveston Most Complete
Victory for the Railways.
Ne" Men VIII not be Discharged to make
PLACES for the riksTs-Their
Last Appeal Ignored.
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
HOUSTON, TEX Nov. 28.-The railroad
strike IN Houston and Galveston has
about ended. The railroad companies
nave evidently gained the day TIE fol-
lowing proposition from the striking
sWitchmen had been submitted
to the railroad companies:
l. That all employees. shall be reinetated
and placed on the same footing that they
were before the commencement of the
present trouble.
2. We do pledge ourselves that we will
not again strike for higher wages under
any circumstances, should our demands
be 8Cceded to.
3. Should we at any time hereafter
nave any trouble. we are willing to sub
NIT 1t to the division superintendent, and
will abide by his decision.
Subject to arbitration and approved3by
the general grievance committee, and
signed by the strikers of the several roads.
From the best information obtainable
the answer Of the companies is about
this, eaca company answering for itself,
but all substantially to the same effect:
Let every man who wants employment
ss sWitchman make application. The
applications will be fled, and, as vacan-
cies occur, or men are needed, employ
ment will be given.
In conversation to-day railroad man.
ager said: "The switchmen in cur
Houston yards are steady, indus
tr1ous, attentive and good men
and we are sorry they left us, but when
they left we were compelled, ab-
solutely compelled, by the neces-
sites OF commerce, to put
other men in their places
with the least possible delay. To those
who wish TO resume their places
we will give employment As
fast as we need them, and in
doing ESQ we will not be governed by
spite or revenge, or any sort of i'll will |
We will take such men as we need, |
ous we will not discharge the men at
work who ere giving satisfaction lust to
give others their places"
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-02

ing the case had been wantonly mis-
represented to the Federal court for
the purpose OF gaining time decided TO
disregard the injunction and thereupon
t0oS final octien. They removed lice
Judge Parsons and confirmed the Mayors
appointment Of q successor. The Council
was then cited to appear before Judge
Brewer TO answer the charge Of con
tempt. This evening the court held that
although it might not have jurisdiction
IN the case, yet it was q contempt for the
Council to disregard the temporary in
junction, and fined tn m in sums Of from
So to $50 each. The Council decided to
test the case in the highest court IN the
land, and hence refused to pay the fines
and went to jail. a legal representative
has already left for Washington to in
stltute habess corpus proceedings in the
United States Supreme court,
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-02
Rlatne Dnssn,. rgan,It

PITTsBuRG, Pa, Nov, SO,-Hon. B. F.
Jones, chairman of the Republican nA-
tional committee, in an interview said lie
did not believe Mr.. Blaine entertained
the slightest desire 70 be nominated for
the Presidency next year. Jones said he
did not wish 10 be considered as making
an authoritative statement, cut he based
his conclusions upon what Blaine he'd
Voluntarily said 10 him when &c was BIS
guest year ago when &c cane to PITTS
burg in the Beaver canpsisn. Dir. Blaine
had stated the same viswS the day he
sailed for Europe IN conversation with
Mr. Jones at the Fifth Avenue hotel. The
personal relations Of Mr.. Jones with
Blaine gives Importance TO the state
ment.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-02
OPINION OF THE ELECTION.
The Wet and Dry Editors Tell What The,
Think About 1t.

NEW YORK, Nov. 90 The "wet" and
"dry" editors of the Atlantis Constitution
give their opinions to the world on the
subject of "Why Atlanta vent wet" MIR.
Evan Howell, the "wet" editor esys:
"The prohibition lazy had been tried
for two years, and it had proved failure.
The pros claim IL did not have feir trial.
Constant agitation Of prohibition fer
years has had only bad result, I have
noted so far as 1t affects the city.
There were large quantities Of liquor
brought into the city daily from
neighboriug cities, aud the large majority
given FOR prohibition WAS not cnly G
protest against the lay brt against the
strife and bitterness engendered In the
first campaign. am sure conservative
men on both sides will come together and
throw around the retsil sale of liquor all
necessary restraints, and that it will be
better for the city. The part the women
took in the election ST the polls hes been
greatly exaggerated"
ii w Grady, the "dry" editor, SAYS:
"The defeAs OF prohibition was not un-
expected. The negroes were almost SOL
Idly against it. Much OF this wss due to
the influence of Yellowstone Kit, 8 rich